Chapter 37

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

"God Emperor above……"

Over the communication channel came a young warrior's subconscious exclamation, mixed with awe and despair.

"It really is a Titan!"

The Bug Saint is usually the vanguard and siege hammer when the Tyranids launch a planetary-level invasion.

They stride forward, attracting and bearing the enemy's most ferocious firepower with unstoppable might, clearing obstacles for the tide-like Bug Swarm behind them.

They are equipped with giant biological cannons powerful enough to corrode everything, their entire bodies deadly weapons.

Even their relatively fragile abdomens are covered with thorny tentacles.

They are mobile calamities created by the Hive Mind.

Although signals suspected to be from a Tyranid Titan had already been captured during prior reconnaissance.

But witnessing its descent with their own eyes, that fear and oppression stemming from life instinct remained strong enough to suffocate.

But Cassius's Squad was not entirely unprepared.

"Are the Anti-Titan Weapons ready?"

Cassius's voice was like quenched steel, calm and resolute.

"No problem, sir!"

From the moment they entered the Insect Nest, numerous Servitors had been deploying heavy cannons under the command of several Inquisition Army personnel.

Two Heavy Melta Cannons, their barrels as thick as tree trunks, emitting the distinctive dark red glow of charging.

Two Heavy Plasma Cannons, azure energy surging through acceleration coils, emitting a dangerous humming.

And a man-portable Anti-Vehicle Missile Launcher composed of a quad-launcher unit.

Now being jointly operated by several Heavy Servitors, the missiles' guidance heads had locked onto that huge target.

These weapons were anti-Titan armaments Cassius applied to the Necromunda Planetary Governor with the highest priority.

And transported and initially set up by the Special Weapons Unit of the Planetary Defense Force.

Every round of ammunition was priceless, a trump card prepared specifically to deal with "possible Titan-class biological threats."

Now this trump card finally made its appearance.

But before that, the obstacle before them had to be dealt with first.

That already wounded Executioner, though temporarily ignored because of the Bug Saint's appearance.

But it was still a huge threat and had to be dealt with first.

"Deal with this Executioner first!" Cassius's command was extremely concise.

Afterwards he led the other two Iron Knight Terminators away from the Executioner.

Operating the weapons were not mortal Gunners, but dedicated Servitors who had undergone strict training, with nerves and weapon systems directly linked.

After the Iron Knight Terminator Squad pulled away from the Executioner.

"Sizzle—Boom!!!"

Two blindingly white Heat Melt Rays and two azure Heavy Plasma Beams shot out almost simultaneously.

Drawing dazzling light trails in the air, they precisely struck the Executioner.

Terrifying high temperatures capable of melting Imperial Tank Armor instantly acted upon the biological carapace!

The Executioner let out a deathly, tragic shriek, its chitinous armor several meters thick melting and vaporizing like ice and snow under the scorching sun!

A huge cavity over three meters in diameter, its edges in a molten state, appeared in its chest!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Right after this, four slender Anti-Vehicle Missiles painted with red-and-white warning stripes.

Trailing long tail flames, they howled out of the launcher!

They made minor attitude adjustments in the air.

Then like sharks smelling blood, along the "channel" opened up by the Heat Melt and Plasma Cannons.

They plunged headlong into that huge, unprotected wound in the Executioner's chest!

"Boom!"

The Executioner's huge body was utterly torn apart from within by unimaginable force!

Green flesh and blood, shattered carapace, and broken bone blades sprayed in all directions like a volcanic eruption!

The violent shockwave even cleared a patch of Bug Swarm within dozens of meters nearby!

A powerful Executioner was thus annihilated.

But no one felt the slightest joy.

Everyone's gaze nervously turned toward that even larger shadow.

The Bug Saint seemed enraged by the earlier explosion and the death of its fellow.

Its head covered in compound eyes turned toward the direction of the Anti-Titan Weapon Array.

The pair of giant biological cannons on its forelimbs adjusted their angle slightly, a heart-stopping green light glowing deep within the cannon mouths.

"Evade!" Cassius's warning had just left his mouth.

"Thud-Boom!!!"

The Bug Saint opened fire!

But what was shot out was not energy beams or solid projectiles, but a large swarm of writhing, maggot-like biological tissues wrapped in mucus, jetting out at high speed!

These tissues expanded rapidly in the air, their surfaces covered in strong acid and deadly poison, even trailing corrosive green smoke as they cut through the air!

This terrifying biological shell slammed hard into the translucent shield force field raised in front of the Anti-Titan Weapon Array!

"Zi la~~~"

The shield force field flickered and distorted violently.

Its brightness dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Counterattack! Don't let it get close!"

Cassius knew that once the Bug Saint charged into the lines, no matter how solid the defense, it would collapse under its terrifying power and weapons.

The Heavy Plasma Cannons and Thermal Cannons opened fire again!

Fiery beams crossed hundreds of meters of distance, slamming into the thick carapace right in front of the Bug Saint.

However, attacks capable of instantly inflicting heavy injuries on an executioner.

Landed on the Bug Saint, but only burst into dazzling flames and scattered carapace fragments!

But they could only pray to kill it before the Bug Saint fully advanced into the lines.

This thing wasn't like an executioner; you couldn't go up and brawl with it in Terminator Armor.

Its entire body was covered in symbiotic hook claws; once grabbed, the terrifying toxic spores could easily corrode the armor.

Quickly kill the target.

Soon, the Bug Saint's next wave of attacks arrived.

This attack was swift and violent, far surpassing the previous bombardment.

Deep within the massive biological cannon mouth, green energy gathered madly, even causing the surrounding space to produce a distorted visual sensation.

The threat detector inside Cassius's helmet emitted an alarm sharp enough to almost tear the eardrums.

Energy readings instantly broke through the critical value!

"Quickly get behind the formation shield to take cover!"

Cassius roared the order, while the power system of the Iron Knight Armor operated at full power.

However, the range of the Bug Saint's attack this time was so huge.

"Puff boom boom boom boom!!!"

More than a dozen huge, sticky, deadly poison shells, like a rainstorm, smashed toward the entire position held by Medusa's Sons Squad!

The shells exploded in the air, turning into a deadly poison rain pouring down from the sky, mixed with strong acid, deadly poison, and corrosive spores!

Even though the area covered by the formation shield was large enough, there were always some units that couldn't dodge in time.

"Ah!"

A short and painful shriek came from the communication channel.

Cassius turned his head fiercely, only to see at the left position, a warrior holding a flamethrower, suppressing the bug swarm on the flank.

Unable to dodge in time, he was hit squarely on the upper part of his power armor by a splashing glob of poison!

The dark green sticky liquid instantly corroded the ceramic steel, emitting a horrifying "zi zi" sound, with white smoke rising!

In less than three seconds, that warrior stopped all movement, and the heavy power armor crashed to the ground.

First casualty.

The first casualty of Medusa's Sons on this Hive World came so suddenly, so cruelly.